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George Gu, Executive Chairman, Co-Founder

Mr. Gu has served as Executive Chairman of Hyzon August 2020. Prior to that, Mr. Gu served as Chief Executive Officer of Hyzon from January 2020 when he co-founded the company until August 2020. Mr. Gu co-founded Hyzon’s parent company Horizon, a leading international fuel cell producer, in 2003 and has served as Horizon’s Chairman since August 2019. Prior to that, Mr. Gu served as Horizon’s Chief Executive Officer from the company’s formation until August 2019. Mr. Gu served as the Chairman of Horizon Educational Group, an affiliate of Horizon focused on fuel cell education, from August 2019 to February 2021. From June 1999 to October 2003, Mr. Gu was the Digital Ventures Manager at Eastman Chemical Company, a specialty materials company primarily in the chemical industry, where he was responsible for clean technology and e-commerce. Mr. Gu holds an M.B.A. from the University of North Carolina (Chapel Hill) and a B.S. degree in Finance from Fudan University.

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Craig Knight, Chief Executive Officer, Co-Founder

Mr. Knight has served as Chief Executive Officer of Hyzon since August 2020. From January 2020 when Mr. Knight co-founded Hyzon until August 2020, Mr. Knight served as Hyzon’s Chief Commercial Officer. Mr. Knight served as Chief Executive Officer of Hyzon’s parent company Horizon from September 2019 to August 2020, and as Horizon’s Chief Executive Officer from August 2006 to September 2019. Mr. Knight has been the Managing Director of Hymas, an affiliate of Hyzon, since its formation in May 2018. Mr. Knight holds an M.B.A. and a B.S. degree in Chemistry and Pure Mathematics from the University of Sydney.

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Shinichi Hirano, Chief Technology Officer

Shinichi Hirano joined Hyzon Motors in May 2021 and is based in Michigan. A 30-year veteran of the Automotive Fuel Cell Technology, he brings decades of expertise – including 17 years in a leadership role at the Ford Motor Company.

Shinichi also led the Ford-Daimler fuel cell alliance, and USDRIVE/USCAR Fuel Cell Teams in partnership with the US Department of Energy.

Prior to his tenure at Ford, which began in 2003, Shinichi commenced his professional carrier at Mazda Motor Corporation where he led various research projects, including the Mazda Demio (Mazda 2).

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Sam Chong, Chief Financial Officer

Mr. Chong has served as Chief Financial Officer of Hyzon since April 2022. From 2021 to 2022, Mr. Chong served as the Treasurer and Head of Investor Relations for Fluence Energy, Inc., which is a leading global provider of grid scale energy storage products and services and artificial intelligence (AI)-enabled digital applications for renewables and storage. From 2018 to 2021, Mr. Chong served as Treasurer of Gogo Inc., which is the world’s largest provider of broadband connectivity services for the business aviation market. Previous to that, Mr. Chong was engaged in investment banking and proprietary investments at domestic and international financial institutions. He holds an MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business and a BA in Economics from the University of Chicago.

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Parker Meeks, Chief Strategy Officer

Parker joined Hyzon Motors as Chief Strategy Officer in June 2021. His experience spans traditional energy, decarbonization / energy transition, infrastructure and transportation, serving clients and leading operations across 4 continents, 15+ countries and 25+ US states.

Parker most recently held full P&L responsibility for a nationwide 900-person, $150M revenue design and construction management business in the infrastructure, water resources and energy transition / climate change end markets within TRC, a 6,000-person $1 billion revenue firm.

Prior to TRC he was a Partner with McKinsey & Company, where he was a global leader in McKinsey’s Energy and Capital Productivity & Infrastructure Practices. Additionally, he was the Managing Partner of McKinsey’s Houston office.

Parker has a BS in Electrical Engineering from Columbia University, an MBA from Rice University, and serves on the Advisory Board for Rice University’s Chemical Engineering department.

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John Zavoli, General Counsel & Chief Legal Officer

John joined Hyzon in February 2021 as its General Counsel. Most recently, he served as Karma Automotive’s General Counsel in Irvine, CA. John has served in senior legal and financial roles in both venture-backed and public entities, and is a former PwC partner in the firm’s Boston, MA and San Jose, CA offices.

John has his JD from UIC John Marshall Law School and his LL.M. from Boston University School of Law. He is licensed to practice law in California, Illinois and New Hampshire.

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Jiajia Wu, Chief Accounting Officer

Ms. Wu has served as Chief Accounting Officer and Principal Accounting Officer of Hyzon since September 2021.  From October 2017 to August 2021, Ms. Wu most recently served as Global Director, Technical and Cost Accounting and Financial Reporting for UL, LLC., a global safety science company providing testing, inspection and certification, training, advisory and risk management services, decision-making tools and intelligence in more than 100 countries.  From April 2008 to September 2017, Ms. Wu served as Senior Manager, and previously as Manager and Senior Auditor, with EY, a global firm providing assurance, consulting, strategy and transactions, and tax services.   Ms. Wu holds a BBA in Accounting and MS in Education from Marshall University, and a BA in English Education from Soochow University in Suzhou, Jiangsu, China.

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